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HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Fluor Corp. has a contract award from PETRONAS Gas Berhad, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification termin..

Technip to buy Shaw energy, chemicals business

Shaw is selling the segment to Technip for $300 million in cash, adding that further collaborations between the two companies are possible for Shaw’s core business units. The companies further agreed to work toward developing future business relationships involving Shaw’s core business units.

Willbros wins construction work in Louisiana for Praxair hydrogen pipeline

Willbros Group was awarded a contract by Praxair to construct 52 miles of 12-inch pipeline in Louisiana. Construction on the project is underway and is scheduled to be completed in September.

RINA to project manage FLNG terminal in Indonesia

RINA Group will deliver concept selection, FEED, support during negotiations with potential shipyards, project management during construction, and support for commissioning for a new floating LNG terminal in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The terminal is expected to come into service in mid-2014.

Fluor finishes China polysilicon plant for LDK Solar

Fluor Corp. has completed construction for LDK Solar’s polysilicon plant in Xinyu City, China, one of the largest such production facility in the world. Fluor said it continues to provide debottlenecking services at the plant and is implementing new technologies to increase production.

Bechtel hits safety mark at US waste treatment site

Engineering major Bechtel said workers at its Hanford waste treatment plant in Washington, also known as the Vit plant, surpassed 11 million hours without an injury resulting in a lost work day. Bechtel is designing and building the Vit plant for the US Department of Energy (DoE).

KBR wins construction deal for Canada shale gas processing project

KBR on Friday was awarded a general works contract for the construction of a 200 million standard cubic feet/day (SCFD) sweet natural gas processing plant near Fort St. John in Canada's British Columbia province. The project is aimed at monetizing recent shale gas discoveries.

Reliance taps Fluor for project management in India on downstream expansions

Reliance Industries has selected Fluor to perform project management services for projects being executed at its world-scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex on the west coast of India in Gujarat. The proposed coke gasification facility is among the largest-such projects ever built.

Improve seal designs for ‘dirty’ services

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
AESSEAL plc: Grove, T.

Amid regulatory legislation issues, a compliance strategy can drive solutions to optimize reliability of rotating equipment.

Case 68: Pneumatic testing dangers

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Use caution on what defines a true ‘safe distance’